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how to install tar files

Asked by anoop

i downloaded ffmpeg_0.cvs20050918.org.tar.tar for instaling mpeg coder how can i install it in ubundu i dont have internet connection
also i down loaded wine-1.1.2.tar.bz2 and wine-1.1.2.tar.bz2.sign how to install all these without going in internet pls help me

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please tell which release of Ubuntu are you using...

Thank you

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anoop (anoop-ind28) said : 		#2

ubuntu 8.4

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

I think is better to download the requested packages from here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/

ffmpeg
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ffmpeg&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all

wine
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=wine&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all

To install .deb downloaded package

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg -i file_name_of_downloaded_package.deb

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then you must resolve requested dependencies by yourself downloading other requested packages

Hope this helps

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#4

If you look in ubuntu help and support
system>help and support
Then go into adding and removing and updating applications
Then installing a single package file
This should tell you how to install most supported formats
The easiest way to install software offline is using deb packages all you have to do is double click on the file

Hope that helps
Shane Fagan

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anoop (anoop-ind28) said : 		#5

when i downloading some files are getting as tar files tell me how to install it pls

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

@ anoop
i know you must solve your motorola internal modem connection problem: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/42245

You are about to make all things very very hard to solve without a working network connection.

By the way to open and expand a .tar file you must open a terminal and type:

man tar

to get help on tar command

in short to expand a .tar:

tar -xvf nameoftar.tar

or if it is a compress tar (gzipped) with .tgz or .tar.gz extention, type:

tar -xvzf nameoftar.tgz
or
tar -xvzf nameoftar.tar.gz

if it is a bzip compressed tar file

tar -xjvf nameofta.tar.bz

Hope this helps

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anoop (anoop-ind28) said : 		#7

thank u for ur help.this helped me to solve problem

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anoop (anoop-ind28) said : 		#8

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.